celebrate the giants world series win on this monday, october 29th. this is "today in the bay." good morning and thanks. i'm laura garcia-cannon. jon kelley is off this morning. giants are the new world series champions, and a big story this morning is redemption. barry zito did it in game one with a huge win over detroit and last night pablo sandoval continued his path to redemption going from bench warmer in the 2010 world series to 2012 world series mvp. we've got team coverage and all things giants this morning. bob redell awaiting the team's homecoming at at&t park. christie smith keeping an eye on the fan celebrations this morning, but let's begin with lawrence scott live from detroit. he was inside the locker room during last night's postgame celebration.

i bet you smell like champagne, lawrence. >> reporter: well, laura, i showered so not anymore. but i tell you what, the sun icoming up over detroit right now. as the sun set on a remarkable season for the giants last night. champions. as you talked about pablo sandoval taking that mvp, this is something that has been tremendous. the story of pablo sandoval this season on the field and what he did to set a tone in game one carried through. we talked to pablo and many of the other giants after the game. take a listen. >> excited, man, excited. you go through your career and never lost the fight. >> everybody wants to look for a story book ending. for your career is this a beautiful story book beginning and middle? >> yeah. we would love to do this a lot more down the years. i'm extremely happy to be able

to do it in this giants uniform. >> reporter: watching your team bring this thing home has to mean everything to you. >> it does. like i just said, the cliche of a dream come true, but this really is. you sit back an think about something you dreamed about your whole life actually coming to be a real thing, it's an amazing feeling. >> reporter: the perseverance to be here and make this happen for the team, for everybody involved in this organization, what does this stand for here in detroit, this sweep, this win? >> you know, it's just beyond. it's beyond anything i could have imagined. you know, it's such a blessing to be able to experience this. >> reporter: how great is this, angel? >> oh, this is unbelievable, man. this is a dream come true. being able to win the world series after a lot of obstacles, it doesn't get any better than this. >> reporter: and the list impose on and on and on. not just angel pagan but marco

scutaro, buster posey. we'll talk about him when we see you next. that guy is unbelievable. not hitting so well during the world series until last night, a two-run homer that really put this thing on track for the giants. extra inning drama, what a story. we'll have so much more from detroit as the sun will be up in just a bit. it will be a great day, back to san francisco, the giants arriving. >> it was a great game to watch. fans already gathering at at&t park where the giants are expected to arrive later this afternoon. that is where bob redell is standing by right now. he's got more details on the team's upcoming victory parade as well. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. yeah, you've got 30 to 40 diehard fans here at the 2nd street gate hoping that the information we gave them is wrong, that they are going to be arriving at 3:00 this afternoon. it's not going to be like it was in 2010 when they showed up around 5:00 this morning and brought out the trophy.

we have confirmed through sfo their arrival is not till 3:00. the second most popular person after the giants, the guy driving the san francisco chronicle truck. these fans swamped him. they get their fans on that headline from the chronicle saying "giants sweep!" same thing when the examiner guy dropped it off for the box. these are going to be huge pieces of mem boorabilimemorabi >> these guys are great, they did it again, twice in three years, you can't ask for really too much more than that. >> that game was unreal, it was incredible. we all love the giants but i don't think anybody thought they would take it in four. that was just insane. >> reporter: mayor ed lee's office has told us that the victory parade will be this wednesday at 11:00 up market street. it will start at the foot of market, head down market and go over to the civic center plaza where we imagine there will be

some sort of celebration. so there will a ticker tape parade down market. in 2010 it wound its way through downtown. this time it's a straight shot. we assume it's starting at justin herman, again, at 11:00 a.m. this wednesday. arrival for the team on their charter plane to sfo we are told by the airport, not until 3:00 this afternoon, which means they could be here at the park at 3:30, 4:00, depending on drive time. reporting live here at at&t park, bob redell, "today in the bay." even though the giants were ho not at home, fans were glued to their screens. >> what's really fun about being out here is there's so many people, you feel the energy. you hear people screaming let's go giants and you just want to scream with them. >> fans found it hard to hold back that enthusiasm. an estimated 10,000 people turned out to watch the giants reclaim the title of world

champions. look at the aerial shot showing just a sea of people celebrating in the streets there around at&t park. good for them. celebrations lasted into the early morning across most of the bay area, but in san francisco, things got a little out of hand. fires, even injuries, the s.w.a.t. team called in to restore order. christie smith is live in san francisco with some of the damage from all that celebrating. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. we're about a block away from where bob redell was on the other side of at&t park. believe it or not, there are still some giants fans in jerseys and hats walking around yelling, screaming and celebrating. but overall much quieter that it was earlier. department of public works cruicrew been out here. the streets are totally wet, which is from cleaning up the streets after celebrations went way too far overnight. people set small fires in garbage cans and dumpsters.

they were dancing, screaming, yelling, in some cases getting up on buses. one car actually turned over. this going on from the ballpark all the way up to market street. san francisco police in riot helmets came out to try and control the crowd but that was tough because there were just so many people out here. some businesses had their windows broken out. we spoke with one woman about how the whole thing turned sideways. >> you can celebrate the giants, that's fine. it's good that they won the world series but why do you have to throw things into buildings? i don't understand. >> reporter: now, in the mission district people set dumpsters and garbage cans on fire between 16th and 24th street. san francisco police and fire lined the streets there. fans carried brooms symbolizing a sweep of the tigers. we do have calls into san francisco police this morning about how many people were arrested. back here live i wanted to show you, kind of hard to see, but there is some toilet paper

hanging from the trees and also a sign got knocked over, but overall much quieter than it was before. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> our coverage of the new world series champions continues all morning long. stick around for more live reports from detroit and san francisco. and there's always nbcbayarea.com for all the information on the team. towards the top and center of the page there's a tab called game four images. you don't want to miss that. also in the news this er morning hurricane sandy bearing down on the east coast. the hurricane is expected to make landfall later today. thousands of flights have been cancelled, schools closed, train service suspended and the new york stock exchange shut down. hundreds of thousands of people moving to higher ground and even more hunkering down. emergency shelters across the east coast are preparing for residents forced from their homes due to flooding and power outages. sandy has already left its mark

on parts of north carolina. these pictures are from kure beach about 30 miles north of wilmington where rising tides eroded beaches, flooding homes. as many as 50 million people are in that hurricane's path. this morning dozens of flights in the bay area are cancelled. thousands of passengers stranded because of the impending storm. marla tellez is live at sfo with a look at sandy's effect on the bay area. good morning, marla. >> reporter: laura, good morning. let's put it to you this way, if you have plans to fly to just about anywhere along the eastern seaboard, you probably don't have those plans anymore because sfo, as you mentioned, has cancelled dozens of flights. we just spoke to the manager on duty here and he tells us that more than 150 flights have been cancelled so far. all departing flights to jfk, baltimore, boston, philadelphia, newark and washington, d.c. have been cancelled. and these are not just the early morning flights. some of these flights are

scheduled to leave this afternoon. for instance, a u.s. airways flight scheduled to leave at 2:55 this afternoon bound for newark is already cancelled. this of course due to hurricane sandy which is positioned to hit landfall tonight in new jersey. we just spoke to one passenger who works for fema. he is being deployed to the east coast to help with what the u.s. national hurricane center says is going to be a, quote, life-threatening storm surge. >> this is going to be bigger than anything they have ever witnessed. i mean i've been in katrina, rita, wilma, this is supposed to be a lot larger. >> reporter: and you're still okay if your flight is a go, you don't mind flying over there. >> no. >> reporter: that's your job? administrator that's wh >> that's what i do. >> reporter: john said at last check his flight was a go. he is flying into harrisburg, pennsylvania. something to keep in mind if flights are cancelled here at sfo, it is likely flights are also cancelled at oakland and san jose. so bottom line, if you do have a

flight to catch and you are headed to the east coast. the smartest thing you can do is to call ahead. now for the latest on hurricane sandy's whereabouts and its current strength, let's send it back into the studio where meteorologist christina loren is standing by. good morning, christina. >> good morning. i want to point out some of the very interesting components of this storm because you might be scratching your head. it's a category one hurricane, why are they saying it could be more damaging than katrina. well, it's not just the area that it's going to impact. we're talking about an area of low pressure stronger than we've ever seen before. what happened is a very powerful nor'easter merged with the hurricane. what i want to talk about is the actual low pressure. so when you traditionally have a hurricane, you're talking about 970, 980 millibars. that's how low the pressure will fall. we are talking about appear area of low pressure down to 946 millibars. that's a measurement of energy. so basically that means this thing is packing a triple

whammy. we're expecting a very, very high storm surge, anywhere in the area of 7 to 11 feet. that means the water will be sitting 7 to 11 feet higher than it traditionally does on the coast. we're also talking about treacherous rainfall and very, very damaging winds. a prolonged period of maybe 12 to 24 hours of battering winds potentially taking down trees, taking out power lines. that's why we're expecting outages. that's why we're talking about such a strong storm. you might be wondering why when we say category 1 storm it's not even on the high end of the scale. so once we continue throughout the morning we'll talk about the projected track and intensity. 2:00 a.m. is when we're expecting landfall, still a category 1 storm, the low end. category 1 storm starts at 74 miles an hour. so it will likely make landfall on the new jersey shore around 74 miles an hour. this is not a fast-moving system, though. it will continue to impact the northeast as we head through wednesday, into thursday, even friday. back to you, laura.

we'll have more on sandy and our local forecast coming up. >> we'll check back with you, thank you very much. it's 5:12. the air force's up with 29th rescue wing of the california national guard is getting ready to deploy to the eastern seaboard. its mission is to help rescue people who were affected by hurricane sandy. today a couple of c-130 aircraft with two specialized swift water rescue teams and two rescue helicopters are scheduled to leave moffett field, most likely headed to north carolina. >> once the hurricane begins to settle into the east coast, we'll send those forces where need be so the helicopters can go to one location, the guardian angel rescue forces, the swift water rescue forces can go to another. >> the 129th continues its preparation. it's going to be headed to take the lead in conducting whatever rescue operations are necessary on the east coast, overseeing all other agencies. it's one of only three rescue

outfits of its kind in the entire country. much calmer here in the bay area, but what about that monday morning commute? let's look at it with mike. >> earlier you talked about they are accepting 911 calls locally but that also affected the chp call center which is in the same building so that's affecting the database. so the details of any accident are very slow coming in but so far very light volume of traffic. the biggest deal right now is that -- well, there's a light volume of traffic but a heavy volume of fog. here's san jose, 101 at 680. just a little farther north in fremont we'll show you that it's a little harder to see. there's low clouds clinging around. some of the other shots will be ugly because i questioned them. this is palo alto. look at that, you barely see the roadway from our camera along university and 101 so that's thick fog in patches along the

peninsula all the way up into the city. here's from the bay bridge and the toll plaza. you can't even make out the east shore freeway so across the span you'll have patches of fog as well. in through berkeley, we do have a camera on the east shore freeway but i don't know if we can make out any of the lights of it was very tough to see just a block away. i'll try to show that to you in the next report but meanwhile a light volume of traffic. back to you. it is 5:15. still ahead, giants fever continues this morning. the world champions celebrating late into the night and talking about the secrets to their amazing success. [ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits.

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will brighten things up as the home of the world series champs. once again they did it on the road. the giants declawing the tigers, sweeping their way to the seventh title in franchise history. we welcome back lawrence scott who is in detroit this morning. there was a new hero every night. >> reporter: there certainly is. i tell you what, in 2010 they were the band of misfits and clinched on the road beating the rangers in texas. this time around, what do you call them? the team that would not be eliminated. i kind of like that. because bruce bochy knew how to push all the right buttons with this team. >> it's just off the chart how these guys were not going to be denied and cared for each other. 25 unselfish guys. it's amazing what you can do when you play as a team. i know that term is used loosely, but these guys really bought into anything. i couldn't be prouder of them. these guys make it work because they set aside their own agenda. they didn't care what role they were in.

that's the only way this works or any of my moods. they come in and make it work. so give them the credit. i couldn't be prouder of a group of guys that were not going to be denied. all that we went through, our backs to the wall and we found a way. >> we bought into something you don't see happen very often. we bought into playing for each other. we bought into loving playing for each other. >> to get two in three years, it's unbelievable. it's something i definitely -- i think this time around i appreciate it even more because i understand the difficulty of doing it. >> reporter: yeah, buster posey, just tremendous. we know he's a bona fide star. whooupg when you think of where this guy is going. to not play last year and rebound in an mvp-like season. we'll hear more from all these guys from detroit.

i'm lawrence scott, we'll send it back to you in the studio. >> it's 5:19. the other big story of the day, hurricane sandy virtually shutting down new york city as they await one of the worst storms in that city's history. for the first time in more than a decade the stock exchange is shut down. scott mcgrew, it takes a lot for the exchanges to go dark. >> it was the september 11th attacks the last time we saw this so a pretty good indication of how seriously they're taking sandy. the new york stock exchange and nasdaq came to an agreement last night late to close today. they may be closed tomorrow as well. now, these people that you see on the floor, the market makers on the floor of the new york stock exchange, simply cannot make it to work today because there are no trains moving in new york city. now truth be told, in 2012 most trains are electronic, they don't involve human beings, therefore they're relatively immune to the storm.

so lack of things like order confirmation, clearinghouses, that's enough to throw things off pretty bad low. several companies including google have cancelled press events as well. dpo google was to announce a new phone in new york city. that is not happening. a hard-drinking engineer apparently left the new secret google phone in a bar. i'm not making this up. this according to news reports. swear. this has happened several times to apple as well. that's all true. but there is a joke running around in tech circles that a blackberry engineer left a blackberry in a bar, came back four days later and it was right where he left it. >> thank you very much, jokes and fun this early in the morning. thanks, fought. 5:21 right now. talking about the forecast here, pretty nice week ahead for us. we almost feel guilty with what they're dealing with on the east coast. >> waking up with the new world series champs right here, beautiful weather, but we do have 8 rain headed our way.

you'll need to pull out that umbrella probably wednesday into thursday. thursday is the rainiest day, i'll tell you that right off the bat. as you make your way out that front door and you walk outside, take a look at that moon. it is just spectacular. almost full. it will be completely full tonight and temperatures are nice and cool. where you can see that moon, it's cold. 46 degrees up in santa rosa. we have a dense fog advisory early this morning. give yourself plenty of time to reach your destination safely. let's talk about the story of the day. we stop the clock on your futurecast. we'll see the thickest fog between 7:00 and 9:00. i wanted to stop it right at 8:00 a.m. you can see the marine layer pushes all the way through the delta so they'll get a little fog through the central valley. as we head throughout the morning, temperatures will be cool but that sun will break out in full force. we stop the clock again for you. highs today will be comfortable. 76 in napa, 78 in concord, 74 in

santa teresa and in san francisco, our boys are coming home to a perfect day, 71 degrees in the city today. so let's talk about showers and what that means for your halloween plans. we are expecting a few clouds on tuesday. by wednesday the shower activity ramps up for the second half of the day. as we get into thursday, we're expecting the heaviest rain, periods of rain from time to time and we'll clear you out by friday looking towards another nice, comfortable, warming weekend as we get into your saturday and sunday. we are continuing to track hurricane sandy. we'll let you know the impacts potentially for us here on the west coast because we are already seeing rippled out flight delays and cancellations all across the board so stay tuned with us. right now we want to check on your drive with a dense fog advisory. mike inouye is really on top of it this morning. >> thank you, christinchristina. our camera right here by the east shore freeway and we're talking about the dense fog. coming toward me is eastbound. this is westbound along the

water. here's the shopping center. thicker fog there. also through the north bay, this is southbound 101, the curves at terra linda. things are really kicking in through the north bay as far as the fog. we'll show you the orange area where the fog will affect your drive. so it's going to be a slower drive just because of the conditions, although the volume of traffic very light right now. there's the east bay through vallejo and down through american canyon. farther over we show you the build for the altamont pass. eastbound construction typically sticks around but westbound we see a big backup the past couple of minutes. no accidents reported but i'll check again to see if anything is happening west 580 in your commute direction. a smoother drive over by castro valley and we're also seeing fog and low clouds that might be an issue through hayward and castro valley itself. san mateo moves smoothly across the bay. it is clear on the hayward side,

but it's on the peninsula side along the coast, you're getting that fog, laura, back to you sglchlgt it. it's 5:24. giants fans on cloud nine as the team clinches the world series title. how they're celebrating back home and the plans for the giants big homecoming coming up. ♪ [ female announcer ] nature exists on the grandest scale... ♪ ...and in the tiniest details. ♪ and sometimes both. nature valley granola thins pack the big taste of granola and dark chocolate into one perfect square, under 100 calories.

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welcome back, everyone. look at that, giants and their fans flying high this morning. san francisco seeing orange every where, coit tower, buildings across the city certainly glowing as well as the fans. 5:27. still to come on "today in the bay" more world series fever. the giants put an end to that postseason torture we're talking about, walking away from detroit today with the title of world champions. our cameras were inside the locker room as that champagne popped. we'll have more on the big celebration next.

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guys, this is yours! >> three years, two world championships, the giants have swept the detroit tigers to win the world series title. we have reaction from the locker room in detroit and the streets of san francisco. >> reporter: and good morning, i'm bob redell. we're live at at&t park where we've learned that the world champs won't be back in town until later this afternoon. we'll give you the details coming up. >> they must know the weather is going to be fabulous this afternoon in san francisco, 71 degrees, low 80s inland today and upper 60s at the coast. rain just ahead. we'll tell you when coming up. and that fog is going to slow your drive in many spots around the bay but i also found out what's causing that problem coming into livermore for 580. that coming up. it may be the fog out there this morning as you see it hanging on over san francisco. it is monday, october 29th. this is "today in the bay."

good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. jon kelley is off this morning. the giants running on little sleep or really no sleep this morning after claiming their world series title, their second. in a 4-0 sweep against the detroit tigers. throughout their world series run the giants were a cohesive unit. there was always someone there to pick a teammate up and carry them to that world series title. lawrence scott is live in detroit with the amazing team mentality. good morning, lawrence. >> reporter: hey, laura, thank you so much. you're exactly right. look, game one of the world series barry seezito starting a tim lincecum comes in in relief. game four last night matt cain and all the relievers come through. in game three, the story that just keeps getting better and better, ryan vogelsong, this is

like the stuff of a movie. we talked with his parents after game three, we talked with his wife, nicole. it's a tremendous story. we talked with him after last night's game. >> when you have something like this happen to you, there is nothing -- no words can describe what you feel. >> to have your friends, family, wife, mom and dad with you last night and here at the scene, does that just bring everything home? >> yeah. the people that are here right now minus a couple that couldn't make the trip are exactly the people that i wanted here. you know, it makes it that much more special to be able to share it with them because they live and die with every game, just like i do. >> to be a kid from the bay area, to make this scene right here, tell me something, could this be better? >> i mean i don't think so, no. this is unbelievable. this is a dream come true. it can't get any better than this. >> born on the peninsula, raised in the east bay, brandon

crawford, a homegrown giants fan growing up playing for his team with amazing defensive efforts throughout the world series, pitching and defense helping bring this thing home. brandon crawford enjoying it as a true bay area kid and giants fan. what a scene. we'll send it back to you in the studio. >> the world series champs will arrive back in the bay area later this afternoon but those giants fans are already gathering at at&t park to welcome them home. bob redell is live outside the ballpark with a look at some of the diehard fans and that upcoming victory parade. it should be fun, bob. >> reporter: good morning, laura. there are probably about 40 fans out here a little while ago but once word trickled out that the plane would not be arriving until 3:00 this afternoon, a lot of people have gone home to get the rest. they were disappointed, as were we, because when we were out here in 2010, the team showed up about 5:00 in the morning.

the flight not arriving until 3:00 this afternoon which means the team will probably not arrive here to the 2nd street gate until 3:30 or 4:00. what would you say to the team or players if they showed up right now? >> that i'm not surprised. i'm not surprised they did in. >> i don't know, probably just sglee screaming. >> just how proud we are and so grateful for everything they have done for the whole season and glad that all of our support has led to something really good. that's what i would like to say to them. >> reporter: and this was the scene maybe about 45 minutes ago when those fans swamped the "san francisco chronicle" truck driver trying to get their hands on this cope sake with the "giants sweep!" headline. we talked to the driver and he said he hasn't had that much demand for a newspaper since 1989. mayor ed lee's office has notified us that the ticker tape

celebration will be some wednesday at 11:00 a.m. it's going to be a little different than 2010. it's going to be a straight shot up market street and heading right towards civic center plaza where we imagine there's going to be a celebration association we're expecting it will start around justin herman around 11:00. again, a ticker tape celebration, a ticker tape parade with a celebration at civic center plaza. bob redell, "today in the bay." back here in the bay area, giants fans are certainly on cloud nine as evident in the photos. many flocked to bars and taverns around at&t park just to watch that game. over at pete's tavern it was full capacity. fans celebrated the world series championship. the giants victory also a win for pete's tavern. the bar's manager said business certainly picked up during the playoffs. the celebrations lasted into the early morning across most of the bay area but in san francisco

things got out of hand. fires, injuries, even the s.w.a.t. team eventually called in overnight just to restore order. christie smith joins us live from san francisco with a look at the damage from all the celebrations. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. i think the fans out here ran out of champagne because what we're smelling out here this morning is beer. the streets are wet and that's not because of rain, it's because public works crews have been out here spraying water and cleaning up. there is still a lot of broken glass on the ground and that transit information sign that you see on the ground was pushed over after some of the celebrations went way too far with people setting small fires after the world series victory. dumpsters, garbage kansas around at&t park all the way up to market street. celebrations spread. a car turned on its side, some people on top of muni buses. police came out in riot helmets to try and control the crowd but that was a tough thing to do because the crowds were so big, some of them so rowdy.

a lot of folks out here this morning saying those weren't fans but people who wanted to take an opportunity to do sdp bad. some businesses had their windows broken out, newspaper stands turned over and burned. one cab driver said people turned on him in his cab. >> they kicked a garbage can and threw it on the windshield. >> reporter: here's some video of the damage to his cab. he said three people inside got way too rowdy and that's how this whole thing started. he said his windshield was damaged. one person was detained. we do have calls into san francisco police to find out exactly how many people were arrested. as soon as we hear from them, we'll let you know what they had to say. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." our coverage of the new world series champions continues

all morning long. stick around for more live reports from detroit and san francisco. coming up, lots of information on our website as well, nbcbayarea.com. the entire front page loaded with raw video and interviews. now on to a major storm bearing down on the east coast this morning. hurricane sandy starts pounding the region with heavy rain. take a look at it already. the tides are certainly high. thousands have been evacuated, even more hunkering down. daniel lee is live in cape may, new jersey, where mandatory evacuations are in place in anticipation of flooding and outages there. >> reporter: good morning. we've just been getting dumped on by this rain all morning. now that the sun is up we are getting a first good look at the rising tide. just take a look at this beach behind me. this is a different than yesterday. the beach itself is almost just covered. that is because of these rising

tides. experts are saying possibly up to eight feet, that is why they are so concerned about significant flooding is because of how high those tides are going to rise. we're hearing reports of some flooding on low-lying roads. all this puddling, this is just from the rain coming down and it lets you know how saturated the ground is. there's just nowhere to go. we are hearing of power outages here as well. one emergency official said this is the worst case scenario. they're saying that those power ou outages could last up to two weeks just because of the impact and amount of outages that they are anticipating. many homeowners are taking this seriously. they have boarded up and loaded up on nonperishables. many chose to evacuate and didn't want to risk it. that's the situation here. we're expecting it to get worse as the day progresses. reporting live in cape may, new jersey, now back to you. sandy also taking a toll on the presidential race. coming up in about ten minute,

we will get a live report from washington, d.c., on how the storm may actually affect early voting. they're having such a tough go of it there. we want to check in with meteorologist christina loren. pretty mild in our neck of the woods. >> very mild here. i want to just show you how big this storm system is. it's a sprawling system and it has many very interesting components. you'll see that blue over indiana, kentucky, maryland has snow on the ground. we have a blizzard warning in place for parts of west virginia. this is very unusual to see heavy snowfall coming down associated with the tropical system. so the future track and intensity looks like we'll see sandy make landfall as we head into late tonight, early tomorrow morning somewhere along the new jersey shore. we'll keep you updated with the latest but this is something we'll bow talkie talking about seven or eight days. give us a lot of time to reach your destination safely. a dense fog advisory has been

issued by the national weather service until 9:00 a.m. today but we could see that thick fog linger along the coast. let's get a check on your drive with mike. >> we will coming up in just a moment. thank you, christina. it's 5:41. still ahead, hurricane sandy certainly taking its toll on travel plans across the country. we'll keep an eye on flight delays and have the latest coming up in a live report. [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents

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>> our that you say and prayers are with the people who will find themselves in harm's way. >> reporter: president obama cancelled events in virginia and colorado. he'll do one last rally in florida today before heading back to washington. on sunday the president met with fema, the federal emergency management agency, overseeing the government's plans to help states and cities. >> anything they need, we will be there and we're going to cut through red tape. we're not going to get bogged down with a lot of rules. >> reporter: in florida, the president told campaign workers turnout is the key. >> whoever is able to get their voters out, you know, they're the ones who are going to win florida. >> reporter: that could be tough in states where sandy is headed. maryland has already cancelled early voting today. virginia could see power outages lasting until election day. >> several months ago we had the largest -- third largest power outage in history but we got everything pretty much back on in seven days. we're not expecting that this time. >> reporter: virginia is already

planning to extend its hours for absentee voting. >> that was tracie potts reporting. hurricane sandy is delaying the reopening of the statue of liberty. the national park service now says lady liberty will be open to the public on wednesday. the statue had been undergoing a year-long, $30 million renovation including putting in new stairs and wheelchair access. this morning dozens of flights in the bay area are cancelled as thousands of passengers are stranded because of the impending storm. marla tellez is live with a look at the effect on the bay area. good morning, marla. >> reporter: laura, good morning. business is certainly picking up here at sfo and we have met our fair share of passengers who are affected by hurricane sandy. not surprising because officials here say more than 150 flights have about cancelled here. most of those flights headed direct low to the east coast, the eye of the storm. take a look for yourself. as of now all departing flights to new york's jfk, baltimore, boston, philadelphia, newark and

washington, d.c., have been cancelled. although we have not found any passengers who are outright stranded here at sfo just yet, we have found those who have been forced to reroute their flights or change their plans altogether. but everyone we've talked to are making the most of it. in fact one man's conference was cancelled in d.c. and he and his wife are now headed for vacation, headed to georgia. hurricane sandy is expected to make landfall in central or southern new jersey sometime tonight, so it is safe to say flights headed that way will remain cancelled throughout the day. we have called oakland and san jose international and they tell us that flights directed to jfk in new york are cancelled as well. so hurricane sandy certainly having its effect on the bay area passengers this morning. live from sfo, marla tellez, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, marla. and the size of the storm, it's pretty incredible. >> it really is. let's go ahead and show that to you right now.

this is a sprawling storm and the latest is 1,000 feet wide so that's just an indication. we have not even seen that eye really making its full charge toward the coastline just yet. the eye of the hurricane is still offshore. the strongest winds 85 miles per hour at this point. as we continue through tonight into tomorrow the storm will be at its worst. we'll continue to track that for you as we head throughout the morning. of course the "today" show has live reporters strategically placed up and down the eastern seaboard including al roker. wait until you see some of those shots. we're noticing those coming into our newsroom right now. so temperatures here are definite low a lot more mild. we'll get a lot of sunshine today but we have rain on the way. nothing like that but enough to maybe sour your halloween plans if you wanted to take the kiddos out and about. 48 in novato, 54 in sonoma to start. we're at 57 in sunnyvale and 52 in san jose. we do have some thick fog out there this morning. you want to watch out for

reduced visibilities all the way to concord. san jose we still have 7 miles to 10 miles visibility. here's where it gets interesting. we stop the clock on your futurecast. between late wednesday night at 7:p.m. and 2:00 a.m. thursday look what's headed our way. you can see we have moderate, even heavy rainfall on the way to the bay area. that's going to impact us throughout the day wednesday, clearing on friday. but keep that in the back of your mine. it doesn't get dark until 6:30 but you might beat those showers. 79 in gilroy today. seven-day outlook works out like this. warmest day of the week today. we'll warm you rye back up as we get into the weekend. wednesday, thursday, clearing for the second half of friday. thick fog means a slow drive in parts of bay area. let's check on that with mike. >> first we'll point out the slowing for 580 in your westbound commute direction heading to the dublin interchange. you're okay once you get past this bottleneck that was forming. there was a stall in the middle

of the freeway. two westbound lanes affected past north flynn road. while they're trying to move that to the shoulder, traffic az justing around it so we see the backup coming out of the altamont pass. at least we're not down to a complete halt. meanwhile we are looking at slowing in the south bay with as well, northbound 101. we'll give you a live look outside and show you it's a pretty good view of the roadway. you can see a nice view of the lights and the signs here. might not seem like a big deal but as you move north, farther north on the peninsula at 101, you can't see it through palo alto. this is past the shopping center. here's the light-up sign and you'll see the glowing lights. this will affect your visibility all the way up into san francisco. here is the north bay with south 101 through san rafael. lower visibility. novato, santa rosa, all those

areas very dense fog. keep that in mind. also the east bay, the carquinez bridge and here's the bay bridge and the backup in the cash lanes. 5:50. for the seventh time in franchise history and the second time in just three years, the san francisco giants are world series champions. a lot of faces this time around. nbc bay area's lawrence scott continues our coverage from comerica park in detroit. you caught up with the man responsible for building the championship squad. >> i sure did, we'll hear from him in a second. as the sun comes up here in detroit, for anybody back in the bay area who's from detroit or michigan, good people here, really solid people, kind and gracious in defeat. and also gracious, some of the giants who were brought in from other places by the man that helped build this team and others. and these guys are some of the ones who are some of the big contributors. take a listen. >> my baby right here, it's my

baby. it's my baby. >> can you believe that this happened to this team and you came and helped make it happen. >> i can't believe it. >> this team is loaded with talent and incredible grit and determination. luck had nothing to do with it. >> i don't see any reason why we can't continue to do it, but each year is its own movie. you have to look at it that way as you build the team and make the adjustments. this year we made adjustments with people like scutaro and penc pence. >> reporter: what's happening right here is larry tab agriculture moment with barry zito telling him how proud he is for sticking in there, staying with the team, keeping his head in the game and overcoming the adversity and helping the giants win the world series. all great stuff here from detroit. we'll have much more later. send it back to the studio. >> pretty cool to witness that, thank you, lawrence.

we'll have more on that giants fever, including pitcher brian wilson's reaction to the big win. plus the storm on the east coast continues. the stock markets are closed for the first time since the 9/11 attacks. we'll take a closer look at that coming up. bhap add some beef sloppy joe sauce... and cheese fold it all up and boom! i just made an unbeatable unsloppy joe pillsbury grands biscuits. let the making begin. that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun.

. welcome back at 5:54. the stock market is sigh tlent morning for the first time since the september 11th attacks. scott mcgrew, late-night decision to shut it sglodown. >> yes, very late night. the markets haven't shut down since 2001 and haven't shut down due to a storm since ronald reagan was president and hurricane gloria. that storm caused $2 billion in damages worldwide. so of all the luck, today was the day that facebook employee could say finally sell that if

shares. the lock-up ended. back in august, big money got to sell, venture capitalists, big investors, today was the little guy's turn. red cross has set up a simple website where people can check in as safe and well. the website address is really complicated. it's easiest just to google red cross safe and well. on a happier note, the second dragon capsule returned safely to earth over the weekend after a visit to the international space station so this is two successes in a row. they have got to be talking about putting a guy or a woman in that capsule. it's got to be coming soon. >> thank you for that woman mention there, scott. it's 5:55 right now. speaking of a good woman, let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. she's got a look at our forecast. >> from one to another. good morning to you. temperatures this morning are crisp. pull out your jacket, especially up in the north bay, where we have dropped to the mid-40s. as we get into your afternoon,

72 degrees inland, 80 grows at 4:00 p.m. this will be the warmest and sunniest day of the week with a storm system headed our way. we'll time out that storm system, plus take an in-depth look at why hurricane sandy could be so potentially damaging and what everybody is bracing for. it's going to be aig one. first, let's check your drive. >> good morning. we're looking over to the bay bridge toll plaza. the backup starting to build quickly in these cash lanes. we also see the low clouds impairing our visibility, so fog along the east shore freeway and also along the coast and in the north bay. now we'll show you more slowing but this is farther east. speeds starting to improve. that stall has just been moved to the shoulder. giants pitcher brian wilson didn't get to play with the team a lot this year but he and his beard still sat in the dugout during the playoffs and celebrated with his teammates

after the win. he couldn't be happier. >> couldn't have wrote up a better script. he's done a great job. more than that, the bullpen has done an incredible job. when you've got two-time cy young award winner throwing middle relief, i think you've got a pretty good system working. hats off to bochy for being an absolute mental assassin in the way he's been throwing things out there. the guy's a genius. >> always fun to hear from wilson. he had to sit doout the season while he recovered from elbow surgery. he did do some practice throws last week. 5:57. a lot more ahead. stick around. alright let's break it down. mom, pop it. ♪ two inches apart, becky. two inches.

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giants fans all over the bay area waking up with smiles. many of them crowded san francisco's civic center plaza last night to see their team take home the world series title.